" Another avenue a sermon might follow leads strictly into 2 Timothy 4:3 and its interesting comment about people with â€œitching ears,â€� who â€œaccumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires.â€� Itâ€™s an accusation any group might make against those who donâ€™t listen â€œproperly,â€� and at its root we find a common human tendency, that of surrounding ourselves with teachers and voices who say only the things we want to hear."

"Sometimes we find ourselves asking whether God is anything more than a "supportive" but ultimately powerless presence. And yet Jeremiah said, "the days are coming." Days of restoration, days of rebuilding, days of returning to hope and faith and joy. With this promise in mind, we can find the faith not to lose heart in the face of all that is wrong with our world."

"How could what began as good news for
the broken hearted who cried out for change become the sedative for the
comfortable? How could the way of the cross become a pathway for success
and a sanction for protecting our own interests, personal or national?"

"As we meditate on these verses, let us
think seriously about our commitment to the Word of God. Do we understand
the nature of divine Scripture? Have we therefore committed ourselves to
God in his Word? Do we act on what it affirms?"

"In this paper I have sought to
demonstrate that the structural phenomenon of 2 Tim 3:16 does not create a
grammatical impasse. That is to say, we do not need to rely solely on
intuition nor quickly move on to contextual factors to understand the
relation of qeovpneusto" to grafhv."

"Doctrine is the timeless beam
that skirts like steel girdles this mansion of our earthly life. Our
enemy is not fear or anxiety, though they perturb and distract, but
doubt and despair, for they deny and enslave. And so we must heed
the apostle?s words and in everything give thanks to God."